Thursday-Friday, September 29-30

Bell Ringer

Brief Reading Quiz

Word Study

junctures (1)
mottled (1)
stilted (2)
morosely (4)
imperiously (9)
relish (20)
mollified (24)
pugnacious (25)
ominously (27)
slough (27)
plaintively (29)
brittle (31)
complacently (34)

The above words are from your word list and were used in chapters 1 and 2. Complete the graphic organizer for these words. As you continue to read, look for the rest of the words on the list. As you come to the words, log them on your graphic organizer.

Discuss pg.1-37

Partner-Pair-Share: Compare notes. What are some annotations you made? Some thoughts you had or things you noticed?
Discuss as a class.

Mini Lesson: Describing Setting

• Look at 1st two paragraphs in Of Mice and Men.
• Talk about the setting. What is it's significance? How is it described? Look at DIDLS- What tone is Steinbeck taking towards this place?
• Look at my model picture of the Arcade Restaurant in Memphis. What tone does it portray?

• Brainstorm description. Think about the place's significance. Think of all of the senses.

‍Independent Practice

Create a web to brainstorm for your picture.

‍Homework

• Finish web.
• Read chapter 3 (ending on page 65)- Remember to annotate on post-its!
• Look for vocabulary!